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MINNEAPOLIS Monday night, as the opening tip went up in the Wolves' game with Utah at Target Center, another Wolves franchise record was broken. Gorgui Dieng's concussion-like symptoms added him to the team's long list of injuries. So, with Justin Hamilton moving into the lineup the Wolves started their franchise-record 27th different starting lineup of the season. None of the starting five were with the team last year. Three weren't with the team when this long season started. All of them were young. So, not surprisingly, the Wolves lost. But even with an injury-riddled lineup and the resulting short bench can completely explain Utah's 104-84 victory. In coach...

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MINNEAPOLIS Monday night, as the opening tip went up in the Wolves' game with Utah at Target Center, another Wolves franchise record was broken. Gorgui Dieng's concussion-like symptoms added him to the team's long list of injuries. So, with Justin...

The Lakers (18-51) visit the Minnesota Timberwolves (16-54) on Wednesday night.
The Timberwolves are one of the three teams the Lakers are "chasing" for a better position in the NBA's draft lottery.
A loss would be a boon for the Lakers...

Jordan Clarkson sank a pair of free throws with 0.3 seconds left in overtime to give the Lakers a 101-99 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minnesota.
Chase Budinger made a three-pointer with 6.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter to...

MINNEAPOLIS These are two teams in very similar situations. Both the Wolves and the Los Angeles Lakers took the Target Center floor Wednesday night with bruised and battered lineups, gerrymandered rotations and little to play for other than draft...

TORONTO Timberwolves rookie star Andrew Wiggins finally was able to play in the city where he was raised. He waited nearly six months for the occasion, a first and only visit this season that brought him home Wednesday to his visit his grandmother,...

SAN ANTONIO Engaged in what San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich called an unfair fight when these two teams played under similar circumstances in November, the Timberwolves on Sunday night needed to pull a knockout punch somehow, someway during a 123-97...

PHOENIX Judging by his words or actions, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders intends to use the final weeks of this fading season auditioning young players for the promise of next season and judiciously play veteran Kevin Garnett, all of it...

This was the right opponent at the right time.
There will be greater challenges for the Miami Heat in coming days -- in terms of emotion and quality of competition -- but what Erik Spoelstra's team needed Friday night at Madison Square Garden was a...

While the Memphis Grizzlies have expressed interest in Miami Heat forward Luol, it apparently is not a two-way street.
The Sun Sentinel has confirmed an ESPN report that the Grizzlies have expressed interest in Deng, reaching out to the Heat. That,...

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has yet to think about it.
At the moment, his mind is on preparing for this season. No time to wonder what it will be like when the Heat face LeBron James for the first time since his South Florida exit. Even though Saturday's...

After LeBron James decided to leave the Miami Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, Heat owner Micky Arison said that he was “shocked and disappointed.”
So was the rest of the city.
Newspapers seemed to be split on the decision. Miami Herald...